Barry McGee, hit-away batter for the Peach Street Mudders, enjoys winning so much that he has a tendency to bend the rules--until the dirty tactics of the pitcher on a rival team give him a new perspective on sports ethics.

For most boys in a small Mississippi town, the biggest concern one hot summer is whether their annual July 4th baseball game will be cancelled due to their county's anniversary pageant, but after the death of the old man to whom twelve-year-old star pitcher House Jackson has been secretly reading for a year, House uncovers secrets about the man and the history of baseball in Aurora County that could fix everything.

"How far would you go to keep a promise? Dani and Eric have been best friends since Dani moved next door in second grade. They bond over donuts, comic books, Red Sox games, and camping on Cape Cod. But lately their friendship has started to feel a little, well, different. Dani tries out and makes the all-boys baseball team--something Eric isn't part of. Now that they're starting sixth grade, Eric--who has a history of dropping things he starts--decides...

Ted is embarrassed by his unusual grandmother but when she takes him to a ballgame and helps him catch a home run ball, he decides she's pretty cool after all.

"BAl and his teammates on the Carter High baseball team are faced with an important decision when their rivals for the state finals are held up by road work and show up for their match after the umpire has already called a forfeit." --back cover.

The Canadian government announces that all Japanese must now move east of the Rockies or else go to Japan. Now in Ontario, Michiko once again has to adjust to a whole new kind of life. She is the only Japanese student in her school and making friends is harder than it was before. When Michiko surprises an older student with her baseball skills and he encourages her to try out for the local, she gives it a shot. But everyone thinks this new baseball...

Jackson loves baseball, but a bee in the outfield causes him to miss a fly ball, and the game is stopped until the bee finally departs.

Freddy the pig does some detective work in order to solve the mystery of the baseball team from Mars.

The Castle Court kids begin to squabble over chopping down some trees in an empty lot in order to create a baseball diamond.

Henry Granville, who loves baseball, teaches his son Danny all about the game, and Danny turns out to be a baseball phenom. He makes it to the majors, but the pressures of celebrity could ruin his life as well as his father's.